KABUL: The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.
Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), made the announcement on the group's Facebook page. Earlier, Taliban forces said they had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir after securing the surrounding districts.
"The NRF in principle agree to solve the current problems and put an immediate end to the fighting and continue negotiations," Massoud said in the Facebook post.
"To reach a lasting peace, the NRF is ready to stop fighting on condition that Taliban also stop their attacks and military movements on Panjshir and Andarab," he said, referring to a district in the neighbouring province of Baghlan.
Earlier, Afghan media outlets reported that an Ulema council of religious scholars had called on the Taliban to accept a negotiated settlement to end the fighting in Panjshir.
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Afghan opposition leader Massoud says he is ready for talks with Taliban
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Afghan opposition leader Massoud says he is ready for talks with Taliban
- NRF ready to stop fighting on condition that Taliban also stop their attacks on Panjshir and Andarab: Massoud
- Earlier, Taliban forces said they had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir
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“Ukraine will not support even such possible agreements between the parties about us without us,” Zelensky said in remarks embargoed until early Saturday.
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“The United States has proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams — Ukraine and Russia — meet in the United States, probably in Miami, in a week’s time,” Zelensky said in remarks embargoed until early Saturday.
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“Ukraine will not support even such possible agreements between the parties about us without us,” Zelensky said in remarks embargoed until early Saturday.
Zelensky said the United States wants Ukraine and Russia to end their war by June, and has offered to host talks between the two sides next week.
“The United States has proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams — Ukraine and Russia — meet in the United States, probably in Miami, in a week’s time,” Zelensky said in remarks embargoed until early Saturday.
“They say that they want to do everything by June,” he added.
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